Ke Xue exorcists demons and starts with immobilization

The Golden Body Set's critical hit mana recovery effect, so close yet unattainable, truly made Chu Zhong itch with desire.

Just then, the system notification sounded again, even though it should have been silent:

[Continue with the dungeon challenge?]

The rewards have been distributed, but the dungeon is still not over?

This was the first time Chu Zhong had encountered such a situation.

[Kill Gin within five minutes to receive extra points and rewards; otherwise, Gin will be evacuated by helicopter.]

[Timeout penalty: None; hostage death penalty: 3000 Spirit Essence * number of hostages]

With white smoke present, Chu Zhong was not worried about further casualties on his side.

However, unlike hostages whose locations are fixed,

Hitting Gin when he's on high alert and constantly moving is probably not easy... or rather, extremely difficult.

Aiming requires vision and time, and will inevitably cause the white smoke to dissipate, but that will also give Gin an opportunity to counterattack.

One wrong move and the whole game could be lost.

'If I could defeat Gin, the extra materials I'd get might be enough to complete the Golden Body Set...'

'With increased defense and restored mana, we'll be able to better control the situation in reality...'

Chu Zhong fell into deep thought.

Killing is definitely necessary.

The question is how to assassinate Gin while ensuring safety...

Chapter 50: Sniping Gin, forcing Ran to utter a trembling sound.

Five minutes remain until the helicopter arrives.

59...58...57...

A new round begins, and Gin reloads his sniper rifle.

The scissors that could have rescued the hostages lay quietly on the ground, never being picked up even once, until all the hostages had died.

Gin, holding a heavy sniper rifle, paced back and forth irregularly, his upper body as still as the surface of water.

His cold gaze was fixed on the rooftop 300 meters away through the scope.

There, white smoke filled the air, obscuring the view of anyone.

59...58...57...

Four minutes,

As the rain intensified, the light gray rooftop was smeared into a dark gray by the fine raindrops, but this could not deepen the blackness on Gin's body.

The wind picked up, thinning the white smoke and revealing a faint, slightly darker figure.

Before Gin could make a move, the newly added white smoke obliterated the figure.

Stop, aim, fire!

Boom-!

The bullet flew through the air in the blink of an eye, carrying deadly intent, and disappeared into the white smoke.

No damage numbers mean the shot missed.

The powerful recoil of the sniper rifle also caused Gin's upper body to shudder as he held the gun with both hands. Two seconds later, his trembling hands returned to normal.

Gin continued pacing erratically.

59...58...57...

three minutes.

The wind and rain intensified, and the white smoke seemed to thin out a bit.

At the edge of the white smoke, a dark figure could be vaguely seen.

Boom-!

Gin fired again.

But it still missed.

The bullet that disappeared into the white smoke

It pierced right through Chu Zhong's coat and nearly hit his heart.

"That marksmanship is truly ruthless."

Chu Zhong couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. Fortunately, it was just a 'coat silhouette' created by him turning to the side and lifting his coat in mid-air.

Xiao Lan, who was obsessed with martial arts, half-squatted in front of him, also sideways, with her hands stretched out to the right, holding up his trousers.

At their feet, slightly in front of them, lay a loach prone on the ground, its body covered in a thick layer of smoke.

"Uncle, how confident are you?"

Chu Zhong was so choked by the rising white smoke that he couldn't even open his eyes.

"Thirty percent!"

"So low?"

Kogoro paused, then explained in a voice suppressing his anger, "After that guy fired, he only had two seconds to react."

"In such a short time, it is necessary to deduce the sniper's position from the angle of the bullet, calculate the offset, aim, and fire... 30% is already quite high."

Lure Gin into firing at the fake target in the white smoke, then move back to a position to snipe.

This is the best solution Chu Zhong could come up with to eliminate Gin while ensuring safety.

It is theoretically feasible, but too difficult to implement.

So the first two times were rehearsals to give Kogoro time to familiarize himself with them.

"But what if we can't take care of that guy on the other side..."

Chu Zhong said worriedly, "I'm afraid that when the helicopter arrives, we will all die here...including Xiao Lan."

"What do you mean?!" Kogoro suddenly turned around.

"As soon as that person gets into a helicopter and flies towards us, even the thickest white smoke will be blown away instantly."

"When he occupies a high position, we will have nowhere to hide and will become his sitting ducks..."

Chu Zhong began to analyze the 'danger' he was about to face.

Of course, none of these things will happen; the instance will close when the time comes.

But Chu Zhong had witnessed Kogoro's two "leveling up" because of his love for his daughter: from a drunken uncle to a reliable teammate, and then quickly growing into a top-notch sniper.

I've decided to push them a little harder to see if there's any room for improvement.

"If that bastard is going to kill us all, I'll risk my life to shoot him off the helicopter!"

Kogoro flew into a rage, "The sniping range will be even shorter then, and it's not certain who will die!"

Chu Zhong quickly changed his tune: "He might seek revenge later, hiding in the shadows to ambush us... who knows, maybe one day..."

As he spoke, Chu Zhong pressed his hands on the shoulders of the martial arts fanatic Xiao Lan and shook her with all his might.

The latter immediately followed the instructions, uttering a slight tremor of fear in her voice: "Daddy... I'm so scared..."

Unfortunately, it's really impossible to get the martial arts fanatic Xiaolan to act out the emotion of 'fear'.

Chu Zhong could only provide manual assistance.

Kogoro was positioned at the edge of the rooftop, several meters away from the two men, and due to the thick smoke, he couldn't see what was happening at all.

Hearing the future threat and hearing his daughter's trembling voice, Kogoro, the father, narrowed his eyes, then his expression hardened with unwavering resolve: "Ran! Don't be afraid! Daddy will definitely take down those bad guys!"

"You bastard! You hurt my daughter!! And you even tried to assassinate her!!!"

"I'm going to wipe you out today!!!"

Kogoro was furious, like a volcano erupting.

But after a few seconds, Kogoro's tone returned to calm, eerily calm: "I have a plan..."

Chu Zhong listened attentively.

If Kogoro just now was an erupting volcano,

Now, it's like a sharp blade sheathed, its edge completely withdrawn.

Chu Zhong wasn't sure if Kogoro had 'leveled up' again, but now it was up to him to see how he performed.

10...9...8...

There are only 68 seconds left before the helicopter arrives.

The wind picked up noticeably, blowing raindrops onto Gin's face, where they condensed into droplets and dripped onto the already soaked ground.

7...6...5...

Through the scope, the white smoke from the opposite rooftop swayed in the wind.

Caught off guard, a beautiful figure was exposed at the edge, clearly visible, with a white martial arts uniform and long black hair, making her particularly eye-catching.

Gin's eyes immediately flashed with a fierce light.

4...3...

He paused, aimed, and fired—all in one fluid motion! The entire process took less than two seconds.

But less than half a second after the bullet was fired, the pretty figure disappeared from the scope.

Gin's hands tightened around the gun, but he couldn't regain his balance due to the powerful recoil.

2...1...

As if sensing something, Gin took a step forward.

call out--!

The long, deadly bullet barely grazed the black hat; even with just a slight contact, the impact still flipped the hat over.

The black hat fell to the ground, but Gin's head was still on his neck.

1...60...

Gin chuckled coldly to himself, his expression filled with disdain: "So many... little tricks..."

-300000!

The word "more" was still on his lips when Gin's face suddenly became hollow, the size of a palm.

The black body fell.

[Gin successfully defeated, challenge mission complete!]

"Uncle! Well done!!!"

Chu Zhong lay on the ground and couldn't help but cheer.

On the edge of the rooftop, Kogoro lay back on the floor with a sigh of relief, looking exhausted but with a smug smile on his face: "Of course!"

"What about me?"

Chu Zhong asked Xiao Lan, a martial arts fanatic, as if seeking credit, while she was on his waist.

It wasn't that the two of them were doing anything strange.

Instead, after combining Chu Zhong and Kogoro's plans, they decided to have the martial arts fanatic Xiao Lan go to the edge of the white smoke and deliberately expose her to the public for 1.5 seconds.

1.5 seconds is Kogoro's estimate of the time it would take for Gin to aim and fire.

1.5 seconds later, the martial arts fanatic Xiaolan could jump back into the white smoke in the blink of an eye, relying on her extraordinary skills.